Four things to know before starting your European academic job hunt
Postdoc Boukje Cnossen shares some tips to navigate the subtle cultural differences between European countries that can loom large when you’re looking for a job
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The world should learn from Norway’s systematic waste of female talent
Norway is the second-most gender-equal country in the world, yet its higher education system fails to attract and retain female talent, say members of the Young Academy of Norway
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Radicalized Loyalties: Becoming Muslim in the West, by Fabien Truong
A study stresses how foolish it is to pin all the blame for radicalisation on religion, writes Liz Bucar
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Law professor set to become Italy's next prime minister
University of Florence professor in line to lead coalition of the Five Star Movement and the League
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May: UK wants ‘option’ to associate to EU research post-Brexit
PM says UK would ‘willingly’ pay to enter Horizon Europe, but wants ‘influence’
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American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World, by Joel Best
This attempt to dissipate our anxiety reads like an interesting collection of essays rather than a coherent argument, writes Deborah D. Rogers
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Universities under pressure to scrap use of nine-month contracts
Victory for Durham campaigners offers hope other universities could follow suit in ending ‘precarious’ employment arrangements
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UCL inquiry to put ‘academic values back at centre of governance’
Academic board votes for governance commission after lecturers’ campaign
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US public universities ‘more efficient on teaching’
But study by French academics says they tend to perform more poorly on research owing to multi-campus nature of many institutions
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Philosopher in high heels tackles the beauty myth
Heather Widdows says ‘powder, paint, leather and heels’ have helped her to ‘unsettle and undermine the status quo’
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The neurotic academic: how anxiety fuels casualised academic work
Anxiety is being used as a tactic of governance to fuel productiveness and obedience among academics, argues Vik Loveday
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‘Lumpy’ funding better than nothing, says Australia science chief
Government pledges huge windfall for research facilities, but much of it will not be seen until the next decade
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British Academy questions REF’s open-access deadline for books
Scholarly body warns mandate could ‘undermine the UK’s place in the global research community’